Hug...For a long time i was just on the border as prediabetic but this weekend i had a blood test and have been told i am now diabetic. Started on Metformin today.
not quite how i wanted to start the week.
A good reply and the proper information. We all had the learn to adapt.Hug...
And perhaps, it's the little push you needed to make a few more changes to your diet.
On food and swaps.
@coops86 touches on it in their post.
If it helps I went that route once I realised how much I missed my usual dishes
If I could go back and guide that earlier ME .
My top tip, was look at what I missed, examine what needed to change if I wanted to continue enjoying the meal, and realise sooner, the format is NOT set in stone.
Make what your cooking work for YOU.
And by that I mean, chicken curry for example...skip the rice use cauli rice...ok.
But it's a faff 'ricing' a cauliflower, just to fake the LOOK of another meal
So I ended up just cutting up a cauliflower, (bite size or steaks) baking in oven and placing curry on side to be spooned over cauliflower .
It's chicken curry, with a little twist.
Tastes delicious.
Once I got over that hurdle, I stopped seeing the swaps as genuine like for like, and more as the additions & compliment to the plated meal, that rice & pasta always were meant to be.
so I still have my chilli con carnes & spag bol, they just have a LCHF twist to them these days
same same, but different. I think I've read.
good luck finding ways that work for YOU.
Today is a bad day for me. Actually it's probably one of the worst days I've had since I was diagnosed with 3c.Thanks Everyone,
The 1st test i had 2 weeks ago HBa1c was 6.7 then had it done last week was 6.6. Started changing eating habits straight after the 1st blood test and have already lost 1.5kg. I'm also in a lucky position to have a wife who is a GP so can help me along the way.
Its all new to me and I think I'm being a bit hard on my self. It's a learning curve and will make things better for the future.
C
Hi Conor - one of the interesting things in the world of diabetes is the number of different ways to measure essentially the same thing - blood glucose. For the sake of others, I'm attaching a pic that helps people understand how to read across the different systems.Thanks Everyone,
The 1st test i had 2 weeks ago HBa1c was 6.7 then had it done last week was 6.6. Started changing eating habits straight after the 1st blood test and have already lost 1.5kg. I'm also in a lucky position to have a wife who is a GP so can help me along the way.
Its all new to me and I think I'm being a bit hard on my self. It's a learning curve and will make things better for the future.
C